Sober Quaker- Charles Galbreath (OH) 1939 Eddy B
[From Mary Eddy, "Ballads and Songs of Ohio" 1939, version B. This fragment is poorly remembered, the last stanzas have the chorus wrong.
R. Matteson 2017]
Sober Quaker sung by Charles B. Galbreath of Columbus Ohio before 1939.
Where art thou going, sober Quaker?
Ti um ah tit tium,
Where art thou going, sober Quaker?
Ti um ah tit tium.
I'm going to see a comely creature,
Oh, hi ho hum,
Thy very self in form and feature[1],
Oh, hi ho hum.
I bought a ring that cost a shilling,
Ti um ah tit tium[2],
Which thou shall wear if thou art willing,
Ti um ah tit tium.
Take your ring and go to the devil,
Oh, hi ho hum[3],
Take your ring and go to the devil.
Oh, hi ho hum.
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1. not remembered, recreated
2. wrong chorus
3. wrong chorus